Approved For Release 2000/05/18 : CIA-RDP82-00457R00460014000 CLASSIFI~RTivN (:~Fi .JTS~I. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. 25X1A COUNTRY SUBJECT 1. CONFIDENTIAL Soviets in Tsingtao 2. Economic and ~:.ilitary Information, PLACE ACQUIRED 25X11A ingtao DATE DISTR. 28 a:taroh 1950 NO. OF PAGES i NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 25X1TE OF 25X1A INFO. 1, About the middle of Groh 1960 all the Soviet advisers in Tain;tao left for Tsinan, where they are stationed. While in Tsingtao these Soviets avoided association with the local population of the city.* 2. In late Larch 1950 there was a rumor current in Tsingtao that the advisers from Teinaa were to be transferred to Tsingtao permanently. The airfields are being repaired, and a Chinese baker has been asked to undertake a contract to deliver 400 loaves of bread to the airfield daily.** 3, Food prides in Tsingtao remain steady, but the American dollar exchange has been rising. On 25 L.aroh 1950 the rate vms Jon Lin Piao $42,000 to one American dollar.*** 4. f:-any people in Tainjtao are dissatisfied with the Chinese Communist regime, and uprisngs are reported in Shantung Province. Sixty percent of the shops in Tsingtao are closed because of lack of business, heavy taxes, and the enforced purchase of government bonds. i..eny are unemployed in the rural districts, and the farmers lack focd. 5. ost of the Chinese Communist troops who were in Tsingtao have been sent south. 6. In late March 1950, twenty Japanese-made amphibious tanks which had been brought from Manchuria were being used in training Chinese Communist troops on Strand Beach. 25X1A 25X1A 25X1A Comment. The advisers rerer?WA here ma be the engineers whose expected arrival was reported in also reported 24 Soviet advisers attached to the Communist Naval Academy in Tsingtao. 25X1A The thirty technicians reported iA Tsiaaa in January 1950 have not been identified as connected with any particular sort of work, See ** ' Comment. The order for this quantity of non?Chinose food would indicate that a oonsidorrable number of foreigners is expected. CONFiDEN :AL n accordance with the CONFIDENTIAL -etter of 16 `" to `r 1978 from the Director of f entrai intefl9genco to the Approve 18 : Cl Next ReVew F-:c: 2003 STATE ~iif hlY ~ ro r. v rr yk x NAVY ]( NSRB DI$ !BC)TION AIR #IX Comment. The figure seems high. CLASSIFICATION CONFI VeNTIAL

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